Re: Miata

[Jake]

I looked in the mirror just in time to see him touch the fender and wave goodbye to the car for the last time. 

Goddammit man, too early in the morning for onions.

Looks pretty nice, although I would argue that you absolutely can't afford three cars, given how much you bitch about owning two cars as it is. A racecar build can be slow and be a lot of fun, but get that E30 out of your life if you're going to do it. You can keep the wheels/tires you bought for it and throw them on the Miata. It takes some work to get a "real-sized" seat into these cars and it involves cutting/welding to get the little humps out of the floor. I'm not 100% sure what people do for width of seat - cut and notch the trans tunnel, maybe? 

It seems like your heart is with these Miatae so I'd get the E30 running/sold and keep this one/autocross/HPDE it up. 

You will hate driving it with a rollbar, seats, and harnesses on the street. Just FYI.